Future Classics

Future Classic: Abjo – Sankofa

Beats

What I like about beats, is the fact that the beatmaker can transport you in his spaceship into outtaspace and make me feel like Princess Lea for a moment. You can hop on this spaceship and go to a walk to go to work or in the metro. Abjo knows how to but you in this state of mind instantly. “Sankofa” is his last EP to drop with Soulection (Bandcamp link). The dude from Cali gives us a nice EP with dope tracks such as “Trake is Up” (Get Em!), “To Reflect Eternal” and “Kalimba Song”.

I’ve been making beats for the better part of 4 years, but I’ve been musically involved since I was 9, so about 13 years now….There are a lot of influences in my life, but the biggest ones were my father’s music collection, my classical music background, The Roots (my favorite hip hop band, period), Dilla and Madlib, and jazz music in general. These days, though, cats like Dibia$e, Freddie Joachim and FlyLo are my biggest inspirations…Sankofa means “to return from whence you came”, but to me it also means to re-complete the cycle, the same cycle you’ve been completing since your soul has inhabited this existance; to basically go back to your roots again, renewed and evolved from the last time you progressed, to reflect and be one with yourself again, as you always have been…”
-AbJo

Aie Chat

Aie Chat

Founder and Programming Director of Les Beats a monthly event dedicated to timeless music. co-host of Fresh Taste on Brooklyn Radio. Space music love.